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Ethnic Folklore in Your Classroom: Traditions, Tales, and Treasures from Tijuana to Timbuktu
Pupils create their own festival. In this folk life lesson plan, students research their folklore history by interviewing their parents and grandparents, organizing the data found, and presenting that material to the class. Pupils have...
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Understanding Folklife and Folklore
Student examine the basic characteristics of folklore. In this folklore lesson, students complete activities to identify two kinds of folk, folk groups, and folklife. Students list daily activities in their home, identify folk groups...
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Dynamic Fun!
Learners explore musical dynamics. For this music lesson, students define musical terms that relate to dynamics. Learners sing "Little Bunny Foo-Foo" and apply the written dynamics to their singing voices. Students use...
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Musical Moments
Students listen to popular music in French. In groups, they identify and practice speaking the words they are unfamiliar with and examine the context of the song. They complete a worksheet with a partner to end the lesson and evaluate...
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Types of Legs
Students identify the characteristics of the legs of arthropods as well as how they are used. They compare and contrast the legs of various types of bugs in the arthropod family. A comparison worksheet is included in with this activity.
Other
Dance.net: Jazz Terminology
Short list of jazz steps with definitions and phonetic pronunciation guide for each.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Dancing Towards Dreams
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
Other
What Is Contra Dance?
This site contains definitions of what Contra Dance is and what it is not. It also includes information on Learning to contra dance, Regarding dizziness, and contains links to further information.
Other
Off Jazz Terminology of Jazz Dance
Comprehensive list with definitions of jazz movements, including basic steps, leg movements, ondulations, rolls, falls, turns, jumps, and other steps.
University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh: Glossary of Modern Dance
Glossary of terms, concepts and performers compiled as an adjunct to a university course about the beginnings of modern dance in the United States.
Other
Renaissance Dance: Definition
A definition of the term "Renaissance Dance" along with details and explanation.
Central Home
Central Home: The History of Dance: Polka
This website contains a brief history of the origins of polka music as well as definitions, descriptions of dance steps and important people related to the progress of polka music.
Central Home
Central Home: Social Dancing
This site describes the debate in the definition of social dance: recreation or sport.
Curated OER
Off Jazz: Terminology Tap Dance
This site from Off Jazz provides a list of forms and styles of tap dancing, including a brief definition of Soft Shoe tap dance.
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Off Jazz: Terminology Tap Dance
This site from Off Jazz provides a list of forms and styles of tap dancing, including a brief definition of Soft Shoe tap dance.
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Off Jazz: Terminology Tap Dance
This site from Off Jazz provides a list of forms and styles of tap dancing, including a brief definition of Soft Shoe tap dance.
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Off Jazz: Terminology Tap Dance
This site from Off Jazz provides a list of forms and styles of tap dancing, including a brief definition of Soft Shoe tap dance.
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Off Jazz: Terminology Tap Dance
This site from Off Jazz provides a list of forms and styles of tap dancing, including a brief definition of Soft Shoe tap dance.
Curated OER
Off Jazz: Terminology Tap Dance
This site from Off Jazz provides a list of forms and styles of tap dancing, including a brief definition of Soft Shoe tap dance.
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Off Jazz: Terminology Tap Dance
This site from Off Jazz provides a list of forms and styles of tap dancing, including a brief definition of Soft Shoe tap dance.
Curated OER
Off Jazz: Terminology Tap Dance
This site from Off Jazz provides a list of forms and styles of tap dancing, including a brief definition of Soft Shoe tap dance.
Curated OER
Off Jazz: Terminology Tap Dance
This site from Off Jazz provides a list of forms and styles of tap dancing, including a brief definition of Soft Shoe tap dance.
Curated OER
Off Jazz: Terminology Tap Dance
This site from Off Jazz provides a list of forms and styles of tap dancing, including a brief definition of Soft Shoe tap dance.